WorksheetsSocial Studies Standard 6.06 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which statement most accurately describes how geography affected the growth of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt?
Large deserts provided many mineral deposits.
River valleys provided rich soil to grow abundant amounts of food.
Access to the Mediterranean Sea increased the risk of invasion.
Large mountains provided protection from invaders.
How did geography impact the development of early civilizations in Africa and Asia?
The civilizations migrated through the mountains.
The civilizations migrated with the seasons.
The civilizations formed next to rivers.
The civilizations formed in deserts.
What was one advantage early humans gained by establishing civilizations along rivers and other bodies of water?
Early humans were inspired to create new forms of art.
Early humans gained easy access to trade routes.
Early humans weakened their abilities to grow crops.
Early humans increased nomadic practices.
What was one way that seasonal flooding in Mesopotamia impacted agriculture?
Farmers created levees to control floods.
Farmers created levees and irrigation systems.
Farmers used irrigation systems to water their crops.
Farmers used terrace farming techniques.
How did rivers such as the Tigris and Euphrates, the Nile, the Indus, and the Huang He contribute to the development of early civilizations?
The silt from the rivers provided rich, fertile soil for agriculture.
The rivers isolated people and protected them from invasion.
The river water carried diseases which wiped out some early civilizations.
The flooding of the rivers inspired the creation of a god for each civilization.
The Fertile Crescent is home to which rivers?
Ganges and Jordan
Euphrates and Yellow
Tigris and Nile
Euphrates and Tigris
The Fertile Crescent is located in which region of the world?
Antarctica
Europe
Middle East
South America
For the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China what was the main method for trade?
Sailing along rivers and seas
Sailing along rivers and oceans
Sailing along rivers and camel caravan
Sailing along rivers and traveling by horse
Which number correctly identifies the location of the Mesopotamia civilization known as Sumer?
1
2
3
4
The region of farmable land near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known by what names?
Agricultural Crescent and Agricultural Valley
Agricultural Valley and Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia and Fertile Valley
Why did historians use the phrase "Fertile Crescent" to describe the region?
Historians used this phrase due to the dry desert between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Historians used this phrase due to the abundance of livestock native tot e region.
Historians used this phrase due to the fertile soil of the region being curved in a quarter moon shape.
Historians used this phrase due to the drastic rise in human population that occurred around the Crescent Sea.
Which modern-day countries are located in the Fertile Crescent?
China, Nepal, and Tibet
Egypt and Sudan
Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
Kenya and Somalia
Which factor made the land in Mesopotamia fertile enough for farming?
annual silt deposits from the Nile River
annual flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
access to both fresh water and salt water
water from melted mountain snow
How did the growth of trade impact early river civilizations?
it strengthened their militaries as new trade techniques were spread
it decreased the global population as diseases spread
it caused cultural diffusion by increasing the interactions between civilizations
it weakened their economies by increasing the demands for foreign goods.
What did these four civilizations have in common?
They formed near deserts.
They formed near rivers.
They were hunter-gatherer societies.
They had monotheistic religions.
